biography
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Masuccio Salernitano
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pseudonym of Tommaso Guardati
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pronunciation:
[masoochioh salairnita
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| lived:
| (c.1420–75)
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| biography:
| Short-story writer, born in Salerno, Campania, SW Italy. As secretary to the prince of Salerno, he came into contact with the erudite environment of the Aragón court. His fame rests on the Novellino (1476), a collection of 50 novels characterized by a strong moralistic tone which verges on the anticlerical. |
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